Black
Panther
Movement

Master Teachers

Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III
Educational psychologist and master teacher who detailed classical Kemetic pedagogy, conceptualizing education as a tool for spiritual and intellectual transformation.

Dr. Jacob Carruthers
Co-founded the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC) and the Kemetic Institute in Chicago, emphasizing deep study of the Medu Neter (hieroglyphs) and African "deep thought".

Dr. Maulana Karenga
Creator of Kwanzaa and author of Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt, who systematically reconstructed ancient Kemetic ethics, social philosophy, and the principles of Ma'at (truth, balance, and justice).

Dr. Molefi Kete Asante
Formulated the theory of Afrocentricity, positioning classical Kemet as a critical spatial and cultural center for human knowledge and African agency.

Dr. Amos Wilson was an African-American theoretical psychologist, social theorist, Pan-African thinker, scholar,
author and a professor of psychology at the City University of New York.

Dr. Kahllid Abdul Muhammad
was an American Black nationalist and activist who became a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam and later the New Black Panther Party.

Dr. John H. Clarke was a Pan-Africanist American writer, historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Africana studies and professional institutions in academia

Dr. Yosef Ben Jochanan was an American writer and historian. He was considered to be one of the more prominent Afrocentric scholars by some Black Nationalists.